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Planning Minister Richard Wynne has released the long awaited final Better Apartment Design Standards. The release ends a long process of drafts and consultation periods, which began following the release of the Better Apartments discussion paper in May 2015. It...
The Collie office will be closed for the the Christmas and New Year break From Monday 26 December 2016 until Friday 13 January 2017. Certain staff may be in the office during this period and if so they can be...
It was great to see that plans for the Eastside development (previously known as 'Townside') have been approved allowing the development of 198 townhouses in Highlands, Craigieburn. For further details on the project please see our previous article. Construction is...
Collie congratulates LCI Education Pty Ltd on obtaining the town planning permits for its new campus at 150 Oxford Street, Collingwood. Following the issuing of the associated buildings and works town planning permit earlier this year, the change of use...
Further to our previous article it is good to see the completion of ten townhouses at Ruskin Street in Highlands, Craigieburn. The townhouses offer a well-designed medium density development that is located to front the newly developed Volcano Park, as...
This week Collie attended an AILA seminar focused on planning, design and construction of green infrastructure. Five speakers including Peter Seamer [Victorian Planning Authority], Rob Adams [Melbourne City Council], Adrian Grey [Brimbank City Council], Jill Garner [Victorian Government Architect] and...
The Minister for Planning recently rezoned several parcels of land in the City of Yarra (Yarra) through planning scheme amendment C197. These parcels were previously identified to be included in the Residential Growth Zone however, through amendment C197 have been...
Yesterday, Planning Minister Richard Wynne gazetted the Ministerial Direction on the Preparation and Content of Infrastructure Contributions Plans and introduced the Infrastructure Contributions Plan (ICP) Guidelines. The ICP Guidelines establishes a new development levy system applying to greenfield growth areas...
Last Wednesday at a Property Council of Australia lunch in Victoria, there was a hotly contested debate involving the four prospective candidates for the next Lord Mayor of Melbourne. The incumbent Robert Doyle presented along with Olivia Ball, Ken Ong...
Planning permit applications will now be subject to the new Planning and Environment (Fees) Regulations, which came into effect on 13 October 2016. As highlighted previously by Collie, the new regulations represent some notable and in some cases substantial fee...